Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense retools, present participle retooling, past tense, past participle retooled
VERB 重新装备,更换(机器设备等) If the machines in a factory or the items of equipment used by a firm are retooled, they are replaced or changed so that they can do new tasks. 重新装备,更换(机器设备等)
Each time the product changes, the machines have to be retooled. [beVERB-ed]
每次更换产品,就得重新装备机器。
retooling
Retooling, or recasting new toy moulds, is a slow and expensive process.